Stentor wrote:Beautiful cup and intimidating photography skills, debunix. In a way, the quality of the pictures you take kind of keeps me from posting more pictures myself since mine are just poorly composed, crappy phone pictures

It's nice to see pictures from everybody The camera is not so important. Mostly it's the lighting that's important. Soft ambient light from open windows seems to work very well for taking pictures of our tea things. Even if you can't compose a picture very well, or if your camera is not very good, keeping the scene well-lit is the easiest way to ensure that your picture will turn out well. But in the case of debunix, it looks to me like he has a macro lens or something else that can focus very close to the lens in order to get clear pictures of small details.

Please don't be intimidated into not sharing photos of your teawares taken however you can take them. Photography happens to be my hobby, and I like to practice on my teawares, because ceramics and glazes are quite intricate and fascinating. But it's not all about the camera--it's about sharing beautiful things and beautiful light, and that isn't just about the camera.

Cellphones can take some pretty nice pictures, if you give them a chance....

And so often they're handier than the big camera at capturing the moment before it's over....

So catch what you can, pay attention to the background and the light, and play with your camera. We're happy to see what you share with us.

The inside is really difficult to photograph properly. It is pretty neutral which provides a good basis for the tea's color, however the texture of it is like granite. The quality that makes it difficult to capture properly is the fact that the very bottom is highly reflective.

I managed to get a decent picture of the foot though, for all you foot fetish'ee's out there.